scholarly journals Assessment and coping strategies for stress and depression among the terminally ill patients: Focus on cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Suantak Demkhosei Vaiphei
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Terminally Ill Patients ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals A túlélők mindennapjai. A hospice-ellátásban dolgozók életminősége

2016 ◽  
Vol 157 (25) ◽  
pp. 1000-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edit Révay ◽  
Adrienne Kegye ◽  
Ágnes Zana ◽  
Katalin Hegedűs
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Hospice Workers ◽  
Mental Symptoms ◽  
And Coping

Introduction: Each year, the number of hospice services and terminally ill patients increase while the number of hospice workers is falling. The intensification of the physical and mental burdens of the latter can lead to burnout and the fluctuation of the workers. Aim: The aim of the authors was to survey the physical and mental state of hospice workers, as well as the risk of burnout and coping strategies. Method: A questionnaire survey in hospice experts and volunteers (n ≈ 1500) based on the Hungarostudy survey was performed. Results: Those who filled in the questionnaire (n = 195) had on average 1.86 workplaces and 45.8% of them reported working 12 or more hours a day. Most often, they suffered from lack of energy (65.1%), disturbing physical pain (46.9%), sleeping (56.9%) and digestion (35%), they considered themselves overweight (56.9%) and they were occupied with work problems even at bedtime (72.8%). Conclusions: Hospice workers are overloaded, they have physical and mental symptoms and they are characterized by compassion fatigue. At the same time, they are also characterized by compassion satisfaction as an ability to accept appreciation for the caretaking. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(25), 1000–1006.

The Self-Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis (SEMS) Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 352-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Bonino ◽  
Federica Graziano ◽  
Martina Borghi ◽  
Davide Marengo ◽  
Giorgia Molinengo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
And Coping

Abstract. This research developed a new scale to evaluate Self-Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis (SEMS). The aim of this study was to investigate dimensionality, item functioning, measurement invariance, and concurrent validity of the SEMS scale. Data were collected from 203 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients (mean age, 39.5 years; 66% women; 95% having a relapsing remitting form of MS). Fifteen items of the SEMS scale were submitted to patients along with measures of psychological well-being, sense of coherence, depression, and coping strategies. Data underwent Rasch analysis and correlation analysis. Rasch analysis indicates the SEMS as a multidimensional construct characterized by two correlated dimensions: goal setting and symptom management, with satisfactory reliability coefficients. Overall, the 15 items reported acceptable fit statistics; the scale demonstrated measurement invariance (with respect to gender and disease duration) and good concurrent validity (positive correlations with psychological well-being, sense of coherence, and coping strategies and negative correlations with depression). Preliminary evidence suggests that SEMS is a psychometrically sound measure to evaluate perceived self-efficacy of MS patients with moderate disability, and it would be a valuable instrument for both research and clinical applications.

Terminally Ill Patients and Desire for Death

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Brown ◽  
P. Henteleff ◽  
S. Barakat ◽  
C. J. Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Terminally Ill Patients ◽  
Desire For Death
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